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Vest1515/2

Vest with rectangular shape and woven design of vertical bands of geometric design in red and black. Bands of yellow, red, off-white and brown on the sides, and a band of black, yellow, red and purple embroidered geometric pattern along the bottom edge on the reverse. Fringe along bottom edge.

Culture
Iban
Material
cotton fibre ?, wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagK5.30

Rectangular bag with two ends that fit together. Parts are secured with a twisted cord that runs through the inside of the bag and out the top and bottom. Dark brown woven X-shaped pattern work on beige background.

Culture
Zulu
Material
palm leaf
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear Thrower ?C1530 a-b

Two separate fibre pieces (parts a-b) that are intertwined to create a thick circular cord. Each piece has the ends loop through each other. One piece (part a) is thinner with a single band loop while the other piece (part b) is thicker with a double-band loop.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian ?
Material
fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC1534 a-f

Six small shells (parts a-f), each having a short length of cord and a few beads attached. They are perhaps dangles. The shells are pinkish brown. Part a: a big dark red bead is attached to the cord while a small white bead is attached on the shell nearby; and b-f: a big dark red bead is attached to the cord while a small dark bead is attached on the shell nearby.

Culture
Melanesian
Material
shell, fibre and glass
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MirrorN1.339 a-b

A mirror with a metalwork design in between the border of cloisonne pink-red and dark blue flowers on a light blue background. The back has a woven wire ground with insects, bamboo, flowers, and four characters in cloisonne. The characters are at each side, and at each end. There is a pierced white jade panel in the centre with a design consisting of a temple-like image over a character, with a flower and a dragon at either sides. Another jade pendant (part b) is hanging on one end with three humans on the front and four characters on the back. The metal handle on other end has a cloisonne design the same as the border.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bronze metal, glass, silver alloy metal ? and jade mineral
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TasselN1.332

A tassel that has an intricate inter-woven dull green silk corded string design with one red horizontal inter-woven ring near the top, and one red and one black horizontal inter-woven ring below. There is an olive yellow silk tassel at the bottom. Long dull green silk corded string is looped at the top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC754

A very long plain heavy light brown bamboo bow with a split cane string, which has one loosened end.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass and stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltC630

A long very wide strip of coiled bark carved with geometric designs emphasized with white. The design consists of an alternating pattern of compressed six-pointed stars and four-pointed stars each having a dot with a double outline at its centre. The border consists of an inner horizontal line of notches and an outer horizontal line of zig zags.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark, fibre and clay
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskC1375

A dark brown-black wood mask carved with geometric linear designs filled with lime, and having black, red, and white colourings. The head tapers upward and is decorated with grooved curvi-linear designs consisting of white inverted u-shapes and red tear-drop shapes. The cowrie shell eyes have a red u-line underneath and high upraised eyebrows above. The cheeks have red dots outlined with white. The face is outlined with a white-gorooved line, below which, there is a red-grooved u-shaped mouth and a pointed chin. There is a grass tassel knotted through the red-outlined nose. The pointed beard is carved with white-grooved curvi-linear lines which swirl around the bottom.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay, grass fibre, cowrie shell and wood
Made in
Wabag, Enga, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC130

A crescent shape edged in small white shells creating rectangular panels with seventeen perpendicular lines of the same small white shells. A long piece of fibre connects the two ends of the crescent.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
shell, rattan and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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